# Cheirodon

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cheirodon interruptus.JPG 
| image_caption = ''[Cheirodon interruptus](/source/Cheirodon_interruptus)''
| taxon = Cheirodon
| authority = [Girard](/source/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard), 1855<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Cheirodontinae|access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref>
| type_species = Cheirodon pisciculus
| type_species_authority = Girard, 1855<ref name = "Cof family"/>
| synonyms = * ''Pedalibrycon'' <small>[Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1943</small> 
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
}}

'''''Cheirodon''''' is a genus of freshwater [ray-finned fishes](/source/Actinopterygii), [characin](/source/characin)s, belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Characidae](/source/Characidae). The fishes in this genus occur in South America. Of the current species assigned to this genus, one, ''C. jaguaribensis'', is placed here as a convenience, as its actual position in [Characidae](/source/Characidae) is unknown, or ''[incertae sedis](/source/incertae_sedis)''.<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Cheirodon|access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref> Four species from this genus are endemic to southern Chile and are the only living species within the Characiformes found in the southern part of South America, west of the Andes.<ref name = Mariguela>{{cite journal |author=T.C. Mariguela |author2=G. Ortí |author3=G.S. Avelino |author4=K.T. Abe |author5=C. Oliveira |year=2013 |title=Composition and interrelationships of a large Neotropical freshwater fish group, the subfamily Cheirodontinae (Characiformes: Characidae): A case study based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=23-34 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.011}}</ref>

== Species ==
''Cheirodon'' contains the following valid species:<ref name = "Cof genus"/>
{{Linked species list
| Cheirodon australis | [C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_H._Eigenmann), 1928
| Cheirodon galusdae | C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
| Cheirodon ibicuhiensis | C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
| Cheirodon interruptus | ([Jenyns](/source/Leonard_Jenyns), 1842)
| Cheirodon kiliani | [Campos](/source/Hugo_Hernes_Campos_Cereceda), 1982
| Cheirodon parahybae | C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
| Cheirodon pisciculus | [Girard](/source/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard), 1855
| Cheirodon stenodon | C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
}}

In addition, four species, ''[C. jaguaribensis](/source/Cheirodon_jaguaribensis)'', ''[C. luelingi](/source/Cheirodon_luelingi)'', ''[C. macropterus](/source/Cheirodon_macropterus)'' and ''[C. ortegai](/source/Cheirodon_ortegai)'', are listed as ''[species inquirenda](/source/Species_inquirenda)'', i.e. of uncertain status, by ''[Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes](/source/Eschmeyer's_Catalog_of_Fishes)''.<ref name = "Cof genus"/>

== References ==
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Category:Cheirodon
Category:Cheirodontinae
Category:Fish of South America
Category:Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Actinopterygii genera

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